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Hook meaning in English
Meaning of Hook in English
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Hook
see synonyms of hookNoun
1. hook
a catch for locking a door
5. hook
a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
Example Sentences:'he took lessons to cure his hooking'
7. hook
a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
8. hook, hook shot
a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
Verb
9. hook
fasten with a hook
10. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
11. crochet, hook
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
Example Sentences:'She sat there crocheting all day'
12. hook
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
13. cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve
take by theft
Example Sentences:'Someone snitched my wallet!'
14. abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
make off with belongings of others
15. hook
hit with a hook
Example Sentences:'His opponent hooked him badly'
16. hook
catch with a hook
Example Sentences:'hook a fish'
17. addict, hook
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
18. hook
secure with the foot
Example Sentences:'hook the ball'
19. hook, snare
entice and trap
Example Sentences:'The car salesman had snared three potential customers'
approach with an offer of sexual favors
Example Sentences:'he was solicited by a prostitute''The young man was caught soliciting in the park'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Hook
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Hook
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Hook
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